Source: Common Dreams
“Overriding the opposition of more than 100 environmental groups, the Republican-led House of Representatives passed a bill on Tuesday that would strip gray wolves in the Lower 48 states of their protections under the Endangered Species Act. The so-called Trust the Science Act, which was introduced by far-right election denier Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.), passed by a narrow 209-205 margin. It would reimpose a Trump administration decision to delist gray wolves that was later overturned in federal court. ‘This move by extremists in Congress to push forward an anti-wolf, anti-science bill is irresponsible and emboldens cruelty towards gray wolves,’ said Endangered Species Coalition executive director Susan Holmes.” (05/01/24)
https://www.commondreams.org/news/house-delist-gray-wolves
Source: US News & World Report
“An exhibition of Western military equipment captured from Kyiv forces during the fighting in Ukraine opened Wednesday in the Russian capital. The exhibit organized by the Russian Defense Ministry features more than 30 pieces of Western-made heavy equipment, including a U.S.-made M1 Abrams battle tank and a Bradley armored fighting vehicle, a Leopard 2 tank and a Marder armored infantry vehicle from Germany, and a French-made AMX-10RC armored vehicle. The exhibition, which will remain open for a month at a World War II memorial venue in western Moscow, also displays firearms, military papers and other documents.” (05/01/24)
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2024-05-01/kremlin-parades-western-equipment-captured-from-ukrainian-army-at-moscow-exhibition
Source: Antiwar.com
“Netanyahu To Invade Rafah ‘With or Without’ Deal, Smotrich Calls for ‘Total Annihilation,’ and More.” (05/01/24)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8bF9tAXGi8
Source: JimBovard.com
by James Bovard
“Last January, humanity’s elite gathered again in Davos, Switzerland, to plan out the rest of our lives. World Economic Forum (WEF) honchos are morally superior because they are devoted to destroying your freedom to save the Earth, or at least to safeguard plant habitat. So many of the follies championed at Davos arise from the boneheaded delusion that political power is irredeemably benevolent. … The WEF had two big goals this year: ‘restore trust’ and ‘crush dissent.’ Okay, that last one is a paraphrase. Instead, the WEF is proclaiming that the greatest peril humanity now faces is ‘misinformation and disinformation.’ And it knows this because its own truths are self-evident. The WEF officials have complained bitterly that it is ‘misinformation’ to assert that they are power-crazed maniacs.” (04/30/24)
https://jimbovard.com/blog/2024/04/30/the-world-economic-forum-is-still-conspiring-against-your-freedom/
Source: Town Hall
by Bill Martinez
“Former Democrat Tulsi Gabbard’s new book, For Love of Country: Leave the Democrat Party Behind, is the must-read of our time. As we head into a fateful election, Americans will hear accusation after accusation slung by politicians and their mouthpieces in and out of the media from both sides. As the noise reaches its inevitable deafening crescendo, and Americans must choose the nation’s direction for the next four years and perhaps forever, it may become more and more difficult to separate fact from farce and discern who is telling the truth. Gabbard, the former congresswoman from Hawaii and first Hindu to seek the presidency, breaks through the noise and exposes one party and its elites for using race and racism to divide Americans against each other. And she exposes why they are doing it.” (05/01/24)
https://townhall.com/columnists/bill-martinez/2024/05/01/tulsi-gabbard-takes-on-todays-real-racists-in-explosive-for-love-of-country-book-n2638468
Source: Reuters
“A federal judge has struck down parts of a North Carolina law restricting patients’ access to the abortion pill mifepristone, which has become the subject of legal battles nationwide. Chief U.S. District Judge Catherine Eagles on Tuesday struck down the state’s requirements, opens new tab that mifepristone be prescribed only by doctors and only in person, as well as a requirement that patients have an in-person follow-up appointment. … The ruling comes as the U.S. Supreme Court is considering a case brought by anti-abortion groups that, if successful, would reimpose those same restrictions nationwide. At the same time, Eagles upheld other North Carolina restrictions, including a requirement that patients have an in-person consultation before taking the pill and undergo an ultrasound and blood test, saying those requirements had never been explicitly rejected by the FDA.” (05/01/24)
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-judge-blocks-some-north-carolina-restrictions-abortion-pill-2024-05-01/
Source: Pioneer Institute
“Losing Local Labor: Retaining Workers Remains a Massachusetts Challenge.” (04/30/24)
https://pioneerinstitute.org/featured/losing-local-labor-retaining-workers-remains-a-massachusetts-challenge/
Source: Foundation for Economic Education
by Sam Branthoover
“In 2016, Michelle Obama told Pennsylvanian university students that ;[i]f you vote for someone other than Hillary … you are helping to elect Hillary’s opponent.’ Her appeal to third-party voters is a common one: third-party candidates will certainly not win, and thus supporting them is an utter waste. Why not, as she says, vote for a candidate with a chance of winning? At least then your preference will be captured in some way, right? This argument has been around for decades, and I imagine politicians play no small part in propagating it. They want you to think that elections are winner-takes-all — that being a part of the winning coalition is what makes your vote matter. But it isn’t.” (04/30/24)
https://fee.org/articles/is-a-vote-for-a-third-party-really-a-waste
Source: France 24 [French state media]
“The pro-Palestinian demonstration that paralyzed Columbia University ended in dramatic fashion, with police carrying riot shields bursting into a building that protesters took over the previous night and making dozens of arrests. On the other side of the country, clashes broke out early Wednesday between dueling groups at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). New York City officers entered Columbia’s campus late Tuesday after the university requested help, according to a statement released by a spokesperson. A tent encampment on the school’s grounds was cleared, along with Hamilton Hall where a stream of officers used a ladder to climb through a second-floor window. Protesters calling on the Ivy League university to stop doing business with Israel or companies that support the war in Gaza seized the hall about 20 hours earlier.” (05/01/24)
https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20240501-police-clear-pro-palestinian-columbia-university-hamilton-hall-dozens-arrested
Source: The Corbett Report
“How to Scale a Paywall (and other useful tips).” (04/30/24)
https://corbettreport.com/how-to-scale-a-paywall/
